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Operational Review of Specialty Vehicle

The objectives of this study were to: (1) Perform a preliminary needs assessment for Specialty Vehicles; (2) Perform a baseline comparison of the ALERT system with conventional police vehicles; (3) Develop a set of potential enhancement to the ALERT system with the goal of making the performance of the driver-vehicle unit safer and more efficient; and (4) To develop interface recommendations and lessons learned for law enforcement in-vehicle information systems. The draft final design recommendations and lessons learned for the ALERT System and for law enforcement in-vehicle information systems have been completed.